Sunlight Peak

Coordinates: 37°37′38″N 107°35′45″W / 37.6272215°N 107.5958933°W / 37.6272215; -107.5958933
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For the mountain in Wyoming, see Sunlight Peak (Wyoming).
Sunlight Peak
Colorado Fourteener 39th
Coordinates37°37′38″N 107°35′45″W / 37.6272215°N 107.5958933°W / 37.6272215; -107.5958933[3]
Geography
Sunlight Peak is located in Colorado
Sunlight Peak
Sunlight Peak
Location in Colorado
Location
class 4[4]

Sunlight Peak is a

bearing 32°) of the City of Durango in La Plata County, Colorado, United States.[1][2][3]

Sunlight Peak was so named in 1902; the name is likely descriptive.[5]

Sunlight Peak from Windom Peak
West aspect

Climbing

Sunlight Peak is one of three fourteeners in the Needle Mountains; the other two are Mount Eolus and Windom Peak. Windom and Sunlight lie on the east side of Twin Lakes, in upper Chicago Basin, while Eolus lies on the west side. All three peaks are relatively remote by Colorado standards, and have a strong wilderness character; however they can be popular in summer.

The standard route up Sunlight Peak is from the south, known as the "Red Couloir". It is a non-technical scramble, but achieving the top of the summit block does require an exposed rock climbing move.[6]

Climate

According to the Köppen climate classification system, Sunlight Peak is located in an alpine subarctic climate zone with cold, snowy winters, and cool to warm summers.[7] Due to its altitude, it receives precipitation all year, as snow in winter, and as thunderstorms in summer, with a dry period in late spring.

See also

References

  1. ^
    NGVD 29 to NAVD 88
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  2. ^ a b c d e "Sunlight Peak, Colorado". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  3. ^ a b c d "Sunlight Peak". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved October 22, 2014.
  4. ^ "Sunlight Peak Routes". 14ers.com.
  5. ISBN 978-0-89997-713-3
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  6. ISBN 0-9628867-2-6
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  7. ISSN 1027-5606
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